The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TONES , but the solution may also be TETRIS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Shapes up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TONES | 38 % | 5 |
| SNAPSTO | 25 % | 7 |
| GETSFIT | 13 % | 7 |
| BEHAVES | 13 % | 7 |
| TETRIS | 13 % | 6 |
Why may TETRIS be the right solution?
"TETRIS" is a popular video game where players arrange falling shapes called tetrominoes to create horizontal lines without any gaps. The phrase "shapes up" is a play on words that refers to the act of arranging shapes, which is the main objective of the game.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shapes up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take shape
- shape
- shaped
- shape up
- shaping
- outlines
- bell shape
- reshaped
- proportions
- looks like
- structure
- take form
Crossword Answer definitions
TONES noun- A specific pitch.
- (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- General character, mood, or trend.
- The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
- The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- State of mind; temper; mood.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- A gun
- To give a particular tone to
- To change the colour of
- To make (something) firmer
- To harmonize, especially in colour
- To utter with an affected tone.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TONES
- Accents
- Dispositions
- Earth ____ (browns)
- Shades
- Sound qualities
- Earth __ (browns)
- Gets fit
- Strengthens
- They may be pear-shaped
- Ambient music selections
More clues leading to the result SNAPSTO
- Comes alive
- Smells the smelling salts, say
- Wakes right up
- Breaks out of a reverie
- Suddenly focuses
- Gets one's act together
- Shapes up
- Becomes alert
- Suddenly engages
- Suddenly becomes attentive
More clues leading to the result GETSFIT
More clues leading to the result BEHAVES
- Deserves a treat, perhaps
- Conducts oneself.
- Acts properly.
- Causes no trouble
- Acts properly
- Isn't naughty
- Is mannerly
- Doesn't act up
- Is a good boy or girl
- Acts